We are in the ville of Nérac. A small town, but seems to have so very much going for it, not to mention that King Henry lV was born here so a very small part of his castle is still in tact. Most of it was destroyed in the French Revolution.
Anyway, we have gone to two music concerts. The first was free, and was students, and I say that loosely because these people are VERY accomplished, doing solos on the piano and violin. The second was a harp concert, the harp being played by the most famous harpist in France, Mirrille Nordmann.
The first series of concerts is being run all week with different students each night. The violinist we saw, knocked our socks off!! She was 16 years old from Taiwan... started playing the piano at 3 years of age, the violin at 5. She is equally accomplished in both, but her violin solo left us flabbergasted. If she is a student, one wonders how a professional could be better! She is 'continuing her studies' in Paris.
Today, we will visit a display of Priest's Vestments in a small church called St. Nickolas, and we plan to go back to the student's performances tonight.
So we are getting our fair share of French culture.
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